Ben was mistaken

In a land of thinkers, of revolutionaries
breaking free of an empire, needing their wits
their guile, to hide behind trees, rocks,
rather than being in the open

The concept might have made sense -
“God helps those who help themselves”;
but Ben was wrong; he missed the point

We are as Adam, as Lot, as David, as Paul
doing that which we hate, living of the world
dying in sin; rising by faith, by grace alone

By grace we are given hope,
our works pale in comparison
Clay only on the potter’s wheel
by His hands alone worthy vessels
By grace we give grace to others

July 20, 2008

Ben was mistaken

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/07/ben-was-mistaken.html

Romans 5:1-5

and Sermon by Rev. Huntley Halvorson,

“Murphy Was Wrong”,

Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH

Murphy’s Law - “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong”

&

“God helps those who help themselves”,

by Ben Franklin (not the Bible)

http://www.ushistory.org/Franklin/info/

Poor Richard's Almanac in 1757

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Poor_Richard's_Almanack#1757

&

other information on the source this quote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helps_those_who_help_themselves

http://www.gotquestions.org/God-help-themselves.html

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